The Conan O’Brien debacle is going to make a great drama skit some day.
Between the wonderful slathering of attention that NBC has given Jay Leno, to the employment threats that Jeff Zucker made, it’s all boiling down to some stupid details.
So the entire reason that Conan got The Tonight Show desk was because of offers coming his way from other networks.
That and Jay being told that he couldn’t sustain being No. 1 back then in 2004 led to Conan coming into one of the most coveted seats in the talk industry.
But with Jay leaving the show, he left earlier than his contract end date but NBC wouldn’t release him. Shocking, I know.
And the present day scenario, you all know.
It’s been repeatedly pointed out that Jeff Zucker keeps trying to play the victim. His latest is declaring he’s receiving death threats.
I know that sounds shocking, but everyone does. Everyone. There are some real winners out there who wish death on people. I’ve even been wished death on by ignorant morons who can’t hold a thought in their puny brain cells, so it is everywhere.
Of course, remember, Zucker was the one threatening to ice Conan and keep him off the air for 3+ years.
It’s been suggested that Zucker quit after this BS he’s created, and yes, he created it.
Now, the only hold up in the buy-off of Conan O’Brien. Conan is looking out for his people, his staff, making sure they get taken care of. They followed Conan to CA and uprooted their lives.
Hollywood is a crazy place. It’s even crazier with Jeff Zucker yanking everyone’s chains like he has been.
Yep, fall on the sword bud. Fall on your sword.
What idiot decisions. Someone should step up and hold the sword for him. In other words, fire him.
Inspiration / source: Deadline Hollywood.
